Jun 6, 2016

Meeting
of the Rotary Club of Eureka

June
6, 2016

The
Pledge of Allegiance was led by Steven Lafferty

Next
up was Bill McAuley to lead our invocation. He asked us to remember
several of our fellow Rotarians who were suffering from Health issues.
Walt Shimasaki is battling cancer. Don Leonard just underwent back
surgery. Jim Howard was taken to the hospital just his morning by Chuck
Ellsworth, and Dennis Hunter recently broke his ankle.

Pat
Folkins reminded us that today is the 72nd anniversary of the Allied
landings into occupied France during World War II, now known as D-Day.
Our club has two members that served in World War II, Al Crnich, and Ken
Stoddard. Pat also talked about our North Coast Honor Flight program, and
that it has taken 427 World War II veterans back to Washington D.C. Pat
also showed a photo of our veterans laying a wreath at the World War II
Memorial on their last trip.

Kim
Bauriedel talked about his most recent visit with Walt Shimasaki. He
presented Walt with a Lifetime Achievement Award on behalf of our club
recognizing him for his 56 years of service to Rotary.

Liz
Smith and Maggie Kraft were our two visiting Rotarians.

President
Jay got Gregg Gardiner, Elan Firpo, and Kurt Barthel on their feet and thanked
them for attending as we have not seen much of them recently.

Kim
Bauriedel brought as his guest the new Boys Scouts executive for Humboldt
County.

Backpacks For Kids

Backpack assembly is held during the school year at 4:00pm on Thursdays at Humboldt Moving & Storage on Albee Street in Eureka, between 14th & 15th Streets. For more information, please contact Mindy Bussman.